Inequality, Socio-Cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa: Beyond Class

by Dieter Neubert

Book Overview

This book contends that conventional class concepts are not able to adequately capture social inequality and socio-cultural differentiation in Africa. Earlier empirical findings concerning ethnicity, neo-traditional authorities, patron-client relations, lifestyles, gender, social networks, informal social security, and even the older debate on class in Africa, have provided evidence that class concepts do not apply; yet these findings have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030171132
• ISBN13: 9783030171131
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"